Utah has until the end of January to begin its
defense of the state's constitutional Amendment
3, which defines marriage as the union of a man
and a woman. An appellate attorney predicts a
resolution to the appeal could be reached by
spring.

A former Park City police officer convicted of
embezzling money from the department's evidence
room and the Fraternal Order of Police was
found dead of an apparent suicide Monday, the
day he was scheduled to be sentenced in court.

Not only are same sex couples getting married
in Utah after a federal
court ruling struck down Utah's law defining
marriage as between a
man and a woman, but now gay couples are now
filing for divorce
— something they couldn't do previously in
the state.

If you use the change of the calendar to make goals, you join 44 percent of Americans who do the same, according to a Marist Poll. Not surprisingly, the majority of goals are related to improving health.

One of Utah's largest police forces came
under scrutiny multiple times
in 2013. The deadly shooting of a young woman
by West Valley police
officers, resulted in a number of
investigations and major changes for
its troubled force.

Arguing that same-sex marriages being
performed in Utah are an
"affront" to the state and its residents, the
Utah Attorney General's
Office asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop
them pending its appeal
of a controversial district ruling.

A bizarre love triangle that landed a deputy
in jail and his fire chief
father in the hospital, the long-awaited
capture of one of Utah's most
elusive fugitives, and a Layton man's unusual
trip to the state Capitol
were just a few of the crime stories that
made Utah headlines in 2013.

The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources said
Tuesday that lab results show 27 American bald
eagles that have died in Utah were infected
with West Nile virus. Officials believe they
may have become infected while feeding on
sickened eared grebes.